Sotomayor joined members of the Georgetown Law community for a wide-ranging conversation with Dean Treanor about pressing issues facing the judiciary today,
As Georgetown Law alumni including Senators Richard Durbin (D-Ill.), Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii) and Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) were making their voices heard on Capitol Hill regarding Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh on Day Three of the confirmation hearings, Georgetown Law professors across town were offering their insights on what a future Justice Kavanaugh could mean for the Court.
A curious mind and a facility for language may be the hallmarks of a good lawyer. Fortunately, Professor John Mikhail and student Genevieve Bentz have those in spades.
This spring, the Supreme Court heard oral argument in the case of Trump v. Hawaii — with Georgetown Law Professor Neal Katyal, co-head of the appellate practice at Hogan Lovells, arguing as counsel of record for the State of Hawaii. Katyal’s brief…
“February 14 was supposed to be a day of love and happiness…” Dara Jaffe, a freshman at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, said at Georgetown Law on March 26 — speaking just days after the March for Our Lives demonstrations in Washington, D.C., and around the world.
Justice Clarence Thomas may disagree with some of his colleagues on points of law now and then, but the atmosphere at the Supreme Court is a civil one, he told law students from across the country, gathered for the 2018 Federalist Society National Student Symposium hosted by Georgetown Law on March 10.
“We’re poor, we don’t have much money, and resources are low,” 1L student Ellen Watlington (L’20) reported to Chris Rea of the National Academies of Sciences at Georgetown Law during “Week One.” “What have you seen that works in coastal…
In order to prepare for their December 5 Supreme Court oral arguments in Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission, Georgetown Law Professor David Cole — now on leave to serve as the national legal director for the American Civil Liberties…
Neal Katyal, the Paul and Patricia Saunders Professor of National Security Law at Georgetown Law, has surpassed the late Thurgood Marshall’s record for the most Supreme Court cases argued by a minority attorney in the history of the United States. Cyan…
On October 11, Georgetown Law Asia and the South Asian Law Students Association (SALSA) hosted a vibrant discussion on the development of the constitutional right to privacy in India. The panel featured Indian Supreme Court Justice Jasti Chelameswar,…
